Ground WorkHaki Madhubuti is one of the foremost Black poets and has been in the vanguard of Black letters for more than 25 years. He has perfected the ability to combine politics and poetry in a powerful and unique style that is both accessible and profound. GroundWork: Selected Poems from 1966-1996 is a landmark collection of Madhubuti's poetic vision for and critique of African-Americans and American society as a whole. From ""But He Was Cool"" and ""One Sided Shoot-out"" to ""White People are People Too"" and ""Too Many of Our Young are Dying"", GroundWork is a compendium of verse that is both thoughtful, memorable, and represents some of the best work in a generation of American poets of any color. |
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... look at woman but it is abnormal to look at woman the way we have been taught to look at her in the western world . 41 . we have been given only one standard of beauty which is the exact opposite of our own self - image . due to this we ...
... look at woman but it is abnormal to look at woman the way we have been taught to look at her in the western world . 41 . we have been given only one standard of beauty which is the exact opposite of our own self - image . due to this we ...
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... look into their eyes . if one is evil their eyes will not hide it . if one is afraid , their fear will look at you . if one has strength , the part of the body to show it first will be the eyes . with the eyes you cannot deceive nor can ...
... look into their eyes . if one is evil their eyes will not hide it . if one is afraid , their fear will look at you . if one has strength , the part of the body to show it first will be the eyes . with the eyes you cannot deceive nor can ...
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... look like me if I loved myself and those who look like me ? From where does self - love come ? Who taught me , us , self - hatred ? Is self- hatred an idea ? Is self - love an idea ? To whose ideas do we tapdance ? With whose ideas do ...
... look like me if I loved myself and those who look like me ? From where does self - love come ? Who taught me , us , self - hatred ? Is self- hatred an idea ? Is self - love an idea ? To whose ideas do we tapdance ? With whose ideas do ...
Contents
Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii | |
The New Integrationist 21 | |
Contradiction in Essence 27 | |
Copyright | |
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